Caney

The schools in Caney, Oklahoma consist of Caney Elementary School and Caney High School, serving students from elementary through high school. These schools face challenges in serving a predominantly low-income, Native American student population, but have also shown signs of improvement in recent years.

Caney Elementary School has a relatively high percentage of Native American students at 37.02% and a high free/reduced lunch rate of 72.38%, indicating a low-income student population. However, the school has improved its statewide ranking over time, moving from the bottom 5% of Oklahoma elementary schools in 2010-2011 to the bottom 40% in 2020-2021. Additionally, the school performed above the state average in 3rd grade math proficiency, with 38% of students proficient compared to the state average of 34%.

In contrast, Caney High School struggles academically, with only 16.7% of 11th graders proficient in English Language Arts, 5.6% in Math, 16.7% in Science, and 16.7% in U.S. History. However, the high school has a lower free/reduced lunch rate of 54.17% compared to the elementary school, and has also shown improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 414th out of 449 high schools in 2014-2015 to 375th out of 439 in 2022-2023.